Even as the Bush Administration went hunting for terrorists overseas after September 11th, the government was also looking for them here. One industry was more than ready to help. Data management companies had spent the decade before September 11th collecting billions of records about almost every American adult. In his new book, No Place to Hide, Robert O'Harrow looked into the data industry in this country and its new relationships with intelligence and law enforcement agencies. He worked with John Biewen from American RadioWorks on a companion documentary. In this report for Marketplace Beewin traces the transformation of a man named Hank Asher (pictured) from run-of-the-mill tech millionaire, to a player in the war on terror.

Today we get some numbers on housing starts - of course higher numbers are good for the economy. But they might also indicate suburban sprawl. We know over-building can strain schools and roads. Now one county in the Washington DC area is worrying about what happens when people dial 9-1-1. Marketplace's Scott Tong reports.

We told you yesterday it would happen. Today, at a ceremony in Toulouse, France, the European Airbus consortium unveiled the the A380. It will be the world's biggest passenger jet. The leaders of France, Spain, the UK and Germany were there, the latter noting "Good old Europe has made this possible". A barb for the U.S.? We are noting how Europeans are taking charge commercially, in our series Brussels Clout. Today, in a collaboration with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Marketplace's Alisa Roth shows how Europe intends to call the shots for some American companies through a sweeping regulation of the chemical industry.